The representative of the Ukraine had told the Third Committee that his country was in the process of ratifying the Optional Protocol, while the representative of Suriname had joined the representative of Cuba and the representative of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in regretting both the fact that the Latin American and Caribbean region was underrepresented on the Committee, and the fact that the Caribbean subregion was not represented at all.
El representante de Ucrania informó a la Tercera Comisión de que su país estaba en vías de ratificar el Protocolo Facultativo, mientras que el representante de Suriname se sumó al pesar manifestado por los representantes de Cuba y de la Comunidad del Caribe (CARICOM) a causa de la insuficiente representación de la región de América Latina y el Caribe en el Comité y de la nula representación de la subregión del Caribe.